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Wednesday 1 Nov – Wednesday 20 Dec
St Benedicts Street, Norwich, NR2 4PG
Photogragher Andi Sapey explores the themes of Travel, Journeys and the sense of Place within the landscape of four different country’s, Japan, Iceland, Greece and UK (East Anglia).
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· Exhibitions ·
Andi Sapey: The Place In-Between
Monday – Friday 1pm – 5pm and Saturdays 10am – 6pm Opening Night Wednesday 1 November 5pm – 7pm Friday 3 November
· Rock/Pop ·
Zola Jesus + Kedr Livanskiy
Industrial gothic-pop, melding glitchy electronics and surging strings from Nika Danilova.
8pm | £15 adv | £17 door Saturday 4 November
Wednesday 8 November
· Performance ·
Bubble Schmeisis
Written and performed by Nick Cassenbaum
Bubbemeises is Yiddish, it translates as a grandmother’s story, a tall story, an old wives’ tale. Writer and street performer Nick Cassenbaum invites you into the warmth of the Canning Town Schvitz, East London’s last authentic bath house. Amongst the steam, ritual and live Klezmer music, Nick will take you on a journey to find the place he belongs. “Warm, gently provocative questioning of Jewish identity”– The List
8pm | £7 adv | £9 door | Seated Zola Jesus 3 November
· Disco ·
· Performance ·
True Stories Live: Funny How Things Turn Out
A lively, moving and unpredictable event where people tell true stories about their lives in front of a warm, supportive audience. Visit truestories.co.uk for full details.
8pm | Pay What You Can | Seated Tuesday 7 November
Shey Hargreaves: Sick
A storytelling show about one receptionist’s journey through four years of cuts to the national health service. Based on writer and performer Shey Hargreaves’ real experiences of working on an emergency medical unit, the show explores the impact of policy changes on patients, staff and their families and friends. Sick brings to life the bizarre, hilarious and heartbreaking nature of an emergency department through comedy, music, storytelling and a lot of phone calls.
8pm | Pay What You Can | Seated
Monday 13 November
· Folk ·
Emily Barker + Pete Roe
· Blues ·
8pm | £14 | £12 concessions | Seated Wednesday 15 November Friday 10 November
· Reggae ·
Macka B & The Roots Ragga Band + Rebel Lion DJs
Britain’s most influential dancehall toaster, renowned for his conscious lyrics and social commentary, plays NAC with live Roots Ragga band.
8pm | £12 adv | £10 adv concs | £14 door Saturday 11 November 2017
· Rock/Pop ·
Join us from 1pm for another fantastic bill of teens flying the flag for the future of music.
Saturday 11 November
Bootleg Swing
· Swing ·
Bootleg Swing is back! Norwich’s outstanding tribute to Louis Jordan, Ella Fitzgerald & more. Sizzling Swing from live seven piece house band. Exquisite Burlesque feature from special guests. Arrive early for dance lesson in auditorium
8pm | £13 adv | £15 door
· Performance·
Tom Marshman: Kings Cross (Remix)
Tom Marshman uncovers the hidden histories of LGBT communities through memories of the Kings Cross area; an area that has undergone radical change since its day as a hub of LGBT communities, bars and culture. Woven together from the stories of people who experienced it first hand, Tom’s show celebrates a raucous, riotous time in the life of central London where sexuality was for exploring, HIV was causing tragedy, and rights were to be fought for.
8pm | Pay What You Can | Seated Friday 17 November
Sonic Youths v4.10 – acts TBA 1pm | Pay What You Can | Bar
· Performance ·
8pm | Pay What You Can | Bar
Cutting-edge Blues singer, songwriter and bottleneck slide guitarist Catfish Keith is known for his innovative style of foot-stomping, deep Delta Blues and American roots music.
Silent Disco
Sunday 5 November
8pm | £15 adv | £17.50 door
Catfish Keith
· Disco ·
9pm – late | £6 early bird | £8 advance | £10 door | Last entry 11pm | 18+ £5 cash deposit for headphones on the door
Scratch It!
‘Immigrant Boogie’ marks the first new material from Ghostpoet since the release of his third and much lauded, Mercury-nominated Shedding Skin album in 2015. Swathed in post-punk virtuosity, it is a narrative only too pertinent in 2017.
Tuesday 14th November
10am – 12pm | Under 1s free (must book ticket) | Under 5s £3 | 5-16yrs £5 | Adults £8 £5 cash deposit for headphones on the door
Sunday 19 November
Ghostpoet + EERA
8pm | £12 adv | £14 door
A silent disco with a live DJ, spinning only your favourite guilty pleasures that will get all the family dancing – toddlers to granddads. Get your dancing shoes on and get ready to boogie.
Warm up your vocal chords and get your dancing shoes on for a silent disco with all your favourite guilty pleasures. Pick your channel and choose your groove as 2 DJs simultaneously spin only the best, classic tunes that will get you dancing.
· Rock/Pop ·
“country-soul with luminous warmth” – Mojo Award-winning writer and performer, and former band member with The Red Clay Halo, Barker has toured extensively all over the world, including an appearance at the Olympics opening ceremony alongside friend and collaborator Frank Turner.
Family Silent Disco
Saturday 4 November
Sunday 12 November
· Performance·
Lemn Sissay: Something Dark
A rare chance to see a dramatic reading of the acclaimed one-man play by celebrated performance poet, Lemn Sissay MBE. Something Dark tells the story of Lemn Sissay’s upbringing in children’s homes and foster care, and the search for his family and true identity.
8pm | £11 | £8 concessions | Seated | 14+ Saturday 18 November
The Icicle Works
· Rock/Pop ·
English alternative rock band fronted by Ian McNabb performs songs from The Icicle Works repertoire.
8pm | £17.50 adv | £20 door
· Performance ·
Lemn Sissay 17 November
Scratch It! is HACK’s curated short-play scratch night. Packed with original new work from an array of talented writers from East Anglia. This makes every event various and unpredictable.
Monday 20 November
· Rock/Pop ·
Caravan + Guranfoe
A key example of the Canterbury scene genre, Caravan blend Psychedelic Rock, Jazz and Classical influences to create a distinctive progressive rock sound.
8pm | £15 adv | £18 door Tuesday 21 November
· World ·
Blick Bassy + Brooke Sharkey
An idiosyncratic yet infectiously catchy blend of guitar, banjo, cello, trombone and the artist’s soulful voice. Bassy has been championed by 6Music and BBC Radio 3 since the release of his acclaimed album Akö.
8pm | £10 adv | £12 door
Wednesday 22 November
· Performance ·
Instructions for Border Crossing by Daniel Bye
A twelve-year-old girl sneaks across the border into her own country. Her parents watch her on a computer screen. The works of a half-forgotten performance artist seem to hold the key to bringing down a brutal system operating on our behalf and under our noses. Do you join in? Or do you look the other way? “Bye is one of the most astute and thoughtful contemporary theatre-makers around.” – The Stage Co-commissioned by Norwich Arts Centre
8pm | £7 adv | £9 door | Seated Bubble Schmeisis 8 November
Friday 24 November
· Performance ·
Luke Jermay: Sixth Sense
He doesn’t use mind games or psychological tricks; there is no smoke and mirrors. He can simply read your mind. You’ll be amazed at Jermay’s incredible powers; he knows your past, present and future, sometimes better than you do. He impossibly knows all, sees all and tells (almost) all in an expert display of telepathy and personal predictions about your future developed to amazing razor sharp accuracy. “Jermay puts the rest of us mind readers to shame”- Derren Brown
8pm | £10 | £8 concessions | Seated Saturday 25 November
· Rock/Pop ·
The Magic Band
Former Captain Beefheart musical director and drummer, John “Drumbo” French leads out the latest version of The Magic Band for one final tour of the UK. A faithful rendition of the best of Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band’s music is guaranteed.
8pm | £20 adv | £25 door Monday 27 November
· Rock/Pop ·
MAMMÚT + Broen
Icelandic quintet create unpredictable and uncategorisable shape-shifting sounds with a modern twist on psychedelia.
8pm | £8 adv | £10 door Tuesday 28 November
· Folk ·
Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys + The Jellyman’s Daughter
BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winning Bristol-based singer, song-writer and producer. Sam Kelly creates exciting new music that transcends the boundaries of traditional and popular music.
8pm | £12 | £10 concessions
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